Breaststroke

my best to put on a soft smile even though I was feeling stressed. Nervously, I responded, “I feel okay.” In roughly two minutes, it was going to be my turn to swim the most important event of my high school swim career, the infamous 100 meters Breaststroke I’ve been swimming ever since I was six years old; only this time would be my last chance to make a State cut in the event. These next two minutes felt like a life or death situation. So many things were going through my mind, I quickly gathered

Inside the Suit Introduction to the sport As a competitive swimmer of twelve years, a member of the Akin Augusta swim league from third to twelfth grade, and a former summer league coach, I valued swimming as a demanding part of my life. With an aunt as a coach for an Olympic training team and cousins that qualified for Olympic trials I was predestined to become a part of this subculture. My parents threw me into lessons at the age of five, signed me up for our neighborhood summer league team the

leaned back and shut my eyes to visualize my upcoming race and let the music pacify me. I was frigid as I sat anticipating the race. A few events passed, then the announcer’s voice broke through the speaker system saying, “Up next is the 100-yard breaststroke heat one.” I was in heat five, so I had time to prepare. I decided I should get prepped and visualize, so I began to make my way up to lane seven. People buzzed all around, moving swiftly on the pool deck. So many thoughts were running through

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has a strange way of directing us in the path that is right for us. I also had a similar situation in high school. I was a year round competitive swimmer who was nationally ranked high in USA Swimming for the 200-meter free style, the 200-meter breaststroke and the 400-meter individual medley. I ended up having a groin and hip joint injury that resulted in giving up my full ride scholarships. At the time it was devastating after swimming year round for 12 year, however the universe had a different

uniformity of rules and regulations across Australia. Swimming could be an individual or team sport , the sport has to be played in a pool or in open water. It has different types of events, such as , butterfly, backstroke, individual medley, breaststroke, freestyle. You have to wear a certain type of swimsuit in order to participate. There are 4 types of swim events : 100m , 200m , and 400m. Participants can be awarded by winning numerous amounts of swim meets, for example, Michael Phelps won a

My Swim Career; My Life’s Motivation. “If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people aren’t willing to do.” - Michael Phelps. When I think of my swim career, it’s these words spoken by Michael Phelps that I feel most sum up my journey with this incredible sport. My swim career is not a story that boasts of incredible talent or greatness, but rather one of how my constant sacrifice for the sport I love has contributed greatly to the place I hold in my swim career today. When

chance to compete at their own ability level. There are five levels of competition, each of which requires a tryout. Mantas- This is for swimmers 5-8 years old, who can swim 25 yards of freestyle and backstroke. Although they will not compete in breaststroke and butterfly, they will be introduced to the strokes while continuing

task I will be identifying my strengths and weaknesses as well as what fitness tests I can undertake to help my fitness training.  Identifying my Strengths and Weaknesses 1) Strengths’: i. Freestyle – I am a really good Freestyle swimmer. ii. Breaststroke – I really enjoy this Stroke. 2) Weaknesses: i. I cannot swim Butterfly very well, this makes it hard to do the IM. ii. I cannot hold my breath for long. Fitness Tests:  Williams Swimming Beep Test Purpose: To test the aerobic fitness

I was in 5th grade and school was going just fine. I had decent grades, some good friends, absolutely no athletic ability. Just your typical 10-year-old nerd. Soon, in Physical Education, we were going to start our swimming unit. The more athletic kids loved this; needless to say, I didn’t, and for one reason and one reason only; I never learned how to swim. When the day of the first swimming unit started, I felt scared, or perhaps that’s my present emotions getting in the way of my past emotions